Integrating diverse IT areas: bridging the gap between multimedia kiosks and the wireless world

This paper presents a student research effort of developing a multimedia kiosk and extending its functionality to wireless mobile devices. Kiosk engine (KE) implements a framework for creating and presenting interactive multimedia kiosks. KE is implemented in Java and it can be used to present the kiosk content on both a stationary kiosk and a wireless device. This project brings together many areas of computer science: data representation, object-oriented software design and development, wireless applications, and multimedia. We believe that integrating such diverse areas within a single project offers tremendous benefits to the learning experience of students.